circuitfarmer

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

But... why?

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

But it is just an animation. I want to be able to actually look at the model outside of an animation, like in a Rockstar game.

Edit: a better example is how you can inspect things in Bethesda games

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I actually felt it was one of the best games I've played in the last 10 years. I really enjoyed the story. The game is beautiful. I love the amount of immersion that is possible, especially with mods. I've played through it twice.

I really, really wish we could inspect weapons. One mod gets close, but it isn't the same as a Rockstar-style weapons inspection. We don't even get to zoom in on the models in inventory. A damned travesty because the weapons are gorgeous.

But overall, I find it hard to fault, especially given its state at launch.

....we don't all do this?

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not surprised. I switched to AMD CPU and GPU about a year ago. Could not be happier. Ryzen sips power and I run mine in Eco mode (since I'm on an air cooler). Performance is still fantastic.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, agreed, it definitely needs moderation. But I don't think it needs singling out (again, not saying don't moderate).

The bigger picture is a proliferation of online extremist speech in general. And yes, Google may have done well to moderate play store reviews (anecdotally), but they certainly haven't done well with YouTube.

But I would suggest that focusing on any one online forum / store / outlet / etc. will naturally miss an important trend, and the reasons for that trend should be understood -- while concurrently doing everything possible to limit this kind of hate online.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

your continued insistence that the problematic behavior is sourced from elsewhere

So you're suggesting that Steam is the source of the extremist behavior we see across a broad spectrum of other media?

For someone literally arguing about argumentation, it sure is hard to see your point.

Then, good. I just hope they're being tackled by order of affected users.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

You literally said “what about” in your comment.

Do you legitimately think that any use of the words "what about" makes something whataboutism?

You specifically argued that the problem lay elsewhere

Again, you seem to have missed the point of the comment. I did not deny that Steam needs improvement. Things can be symptoms of larger problems, and calling that out is not whataboutism (to the contrary, the purpose of whataboutism is to suggest that there is no problem with item X -- not that item X is a symptom of item Y).

Edit: clarity

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

I think you missed the first sentence of my comment. Games have been blamed above other media for years and years and years. That is not whataboutism.

Edit: or the last sentence for that matter.

It's almost like this kind of content on Steam is a symptom of a bigger problem.

I never suggested that Steam doesn't need improvement. There is extremist content being posted. But it is definitely part of a larger (frankly, much more obvious) problem. Calling attention to a root cause is just not whataboutism.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 78 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Once again, a clueless boomer blames games.

How about YouTube? Why aren't we going after Google?

What about Twitter? Musk's platform is filled with extremist hate.

Plenty of extremist diarrhea spewing from the mouth of a President Elect.

It's almost like this kind of content on Steam is a symptom of a bigger problem.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 6 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The corporate world absolutely idolizes the grift. Being able to "produce value" (=make more money while actually not producing anything more) is the only game left. Shareholders look at something like EA that releases the same old Madden year after year while making money hand over fist, and they fucking salivate.

Edit: and BTW, you know one giant group that grifts profit while producing nothing for the economy? Landlords.

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